Rail-joint.



I F. PASTOR.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28,1914.

1,1 14,027, Patented 0011.20, 1914-.

a 10 13 & Y w-a1 i J/HW v site rail ends of substantially iforrnationand whereby the ends of contiguillnstrated top plan View.

nn sTATns PATENT OFFICE? FRANK PASTOR, on AKRDN, c1110, ASSIGNOR oroneness T FBANKo sE'nfA, or

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' T all whom it may concern:

use of bolts or nuts and at the some time forming a unlonjhat may bereadily sepa- 'rated if found desirable.

Q A further object is to provide the oppocomplements! ous rails willrwdily interlock when broughtinto abutting alinernent with each other.

A still further object is to provide rall ends of such forms as to beinterengageable upon proper positioning followedbya partie-l revolutionof either one of the rails and fOIIBlIla secure connection when therails are in olineinent with each their positions 591 use.

With these general ob ects in new and other and in others that willappear as the'natnre of the invention. is better understood the sameconsists in the novel combination and arrange men: of parts hereinafterfully described,

and pointed outjn the appended claims.

.ln the drawings forming a part of this application and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views Figure 1 is a horizontal central wctional View takenthrough the interlocked ends portion of one of said rails being shown inFig. 2 is a side elevation of the interlocked end portions of two rails,

one of the same being partially shown in central vertical section. Fig.3 is a view similar to Fig. l but showing one of the rails as partiallyrevolved in the operation of eliecting the locking engagement. F 4 avertical transverse sectional View taken upon line lV-IV of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is asnnilar View taken upon line V-V ofFig. and Fig. 6 1sperspective view of the end portion of one or the rails.

p Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Jilly 28, 1914.Serial N0. 853,587-

central cpntracted portion an elliptical opening 14 between the outerinner portion 16 of thethe spindle head within the socket in theaccompanying drawings of two rails, a

Referring more.in detail to the drawmg, it will benoted'that theinvention is designed to provide a rigid connection between two railroadrails such as 10 and 11 being of identical-form and adapted to bepositioned in longitudinal alinernent in makmg up one of the continuousrails of a railroad'tra'ck. One of the rails as 10 is provided with acentral longitudinal bore or socket 12 open at the end of the rail andprovided with a 13 which forms portion 15 and the said socket.

The rail 11 is provided with a centrally projecting longitudinallypositioned spindle 17 at the end thereof having its base portion 18adjacent the end face 19 of said rail 11 of cylindrical form andprovided with a reduced cylindrical extension 20 terminating in anoutwardly positioned flattened head21.

The manner of connecting and discon-' means of this joint will,

netting the rails by he at once apparent from the above detaileddescription, it being only necessary to enter 17 into the socket 12 andturning the spindle carrying rail end sufiiciently to allow theflattened head 21 to pass through the elliptical opening 1+1: asillustrated in Fig. 3 and to such a position as to place said portion16, whereupon a further 21 transversely behind the opening 14 so thatthe ehgagementof the head with the contracted portions 13 prevents awithdrawal of the head and the spindle. It will also be seen that therails may be disconnected by turning one of the rails sulficiently toallow the head 21 to be withdrawn through the opening 14 and whereuponthe rails may be readily separated. When the members are in theirassembled and locked relations, the opposite sides of the contract-Patented oct. 20,1914.

turning of the rail 11 to its normal operative position placestheheadiwed portions 13 will be engaged by the inner faces 22 of thehead 21 and by the outer annular face 23 of the cylindrical spindleportion 18. It will also be socket bottom thereof for the prevention ofa filling of the socket by dirt or foreign'inatter.

While the forms of the invention herein shown and described are what arebelieved noted that the portion 16 has an opening 24- at the a to bepreferable embodiments thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood thatminor changes may be made in the form, proportion and details ofCOIlStI'llCtlODFVithOllt:[l9- parting from the spirit and scope oftheiAT-i vention as set forth in the appended clairns.

. What I claim as new 1s.:- V

1. A rail joint comprising com leinentally' formed rail. ends, one ofsaid en S provided witha central longitudinal bore opening at the end ofthe rail. and having the sides of said bore at a point substantiallycentrally thereof contracted to form an elliptical slot, the other ofsaid rail ends having a centrally longitudinally projecting spindleformed with a central contracted portion and a terminal flattenedhead,-the head of said spindle adapted for passing through saidelliptical slot during the assembling or disassembling operation.

2. A. device of theclass described comprising a rail end hav ng acentral longitusaid spindle adapted for seating within said socket upona passing of said head through said elliptical opening.

f Cl ff i in testimony n heieol i it. my ex gnatrniv in presence o't twoWitnesses.

FRANK PASTQR.

. fitnesses HnNnY F. Born, ALrRno Hennnnrcn.

